EP198 | Someone Set a Holiday Inn on Fire… And Got Away with It

Episode 198 starts with your feedback and a bit of the usual Topicopedia chaos, then we run through Notable News of the Week before getting into the main story: the 1978 Holiday Inn Northwest fire. It’s one of those cases that sticks with you — a hotel packed with people, a deliberately set blaze, confusion in the corridors, and a suspect who somehow slips through the story like a ghost. The more you dig into it, the more it feels like a perfect storm of bad decisions, missed opportunities, and sheer luck… just not the good kind. Then we try to drag the mood back up with Meme of the Week and Joke of the Week, because if we didn’t laugh we’d just stare at the wall for an hour. EP198 Chapters 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:02 – Listener feedback 00:21:50 – Notable News of the Week 00:48:27 – The 1978 Holiday Inn Northwest fire (main story) 01:17:03 – Meme of the Week 01:19:43 – Joke of the Week 01:27:04 – End jingles by Suno #Topicopedia #Podcast #ComedyPodcast #BritishPodcast #UKPodcast #TrueCrime #WeirdHistory #HolidayInnFire #Arson #1978 #NotableNews #ListenerFeedback #MemeOfTheWeek #JokeOfTheWeek #PodcastClips #YouTubePodcast